Radiation dosimetry by use of radiosensitive hydrogels and polymers: mechanisms, state-of-the-art and perspective from 3D to 4D

Y De Deene - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Gel dosimetry was developed in the 1990s in response to a growing need for methods to
validate the radiation dose distribution delivered to cancer patients receiving high-precision …

Chemical overview of gel dosimetry systems: a comprehensive review

MA Macchione, S Lechón Páez, MC Strumia… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Advances in radiotherapy technology during the last 25 years have significantly improved
both dose conformation to tumors and the preservation of healthy tissues, achieving almost …

A systematic review of clinical applications of polymer gel dosimeters in radiotherapy

B Farhood, G Geraily, SMM Abtahi - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2019 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy has rapidly improved because of the use of new equipment and techniques.
Hence, the appeal for a feasible and accurate three-dimensional (3D) dosimetry system has …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of the radiation dose and radiation isocenter of the TrueBeam accelerator using 3D polymer gel dosimeters from the VIPAR family with different …

M Kozicki, M Jaszczak, P Maras, S Kadlubowski - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
This work describes the measurements of the ionizing radiation dose and the determination
of the radiation isocenter using a tool consisting of three-dimensional polymer gel …

Hydrogels for three-dimensional ionizing-radiation dosimetry

M Marrale, F d'Errico - Gels, 2021 - mdpi.com
Radiation-sensitive gels are among the most recent and promising developments for
radiation therapy (RT) dosimetry. RT dosimetry has the twofold goal of ensuring the quality …

Effect of inorganic salt on the dose sensitivity of polymer gel dosimeter

S Hayashi, F Fujiwara, S Usui, T Tominaga - Radiation Physics and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The effect of inorganic salts, non-transition metal chlorides, on the dose sensitivity of
methacrylic-acid-based polymer gel dosimeter is investigated. Dose-R2 responses are …

First Combined, Double‐Density LCV‐Pluronic F‐127 Radiochromic Dosimeter Mimicking Lungs and Muscles

M Kozicki, M Bartosiak, P Maras… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This work reports on a new type of combined radiochromic ionizing radiation dosimeter for
radiotherapy. The LCV‐Pluronic F‐127 serves for this purpose, which is a leuco crystal violet …

[HTML][HTML] On the measurement of radiation isocenter for medical accelerators using 3D polymer gel dosimetry. Introduction, application, and good practices

M Kozicki, P Maras - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
This work reviews the issue of determining the radiation isocenter for quality assurance tests
of medical accelerators. High resolution 3D polymer gel dosimetry is employed, which is …

Clinical radiotherapy application of N-vinylpyrrolidone-containing 3D polymer gel dosimeters with remote external MR-reading

M Kozicki, A Berg, P Maras, M Jaszczak, M Dudek - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Advanced 3D dosimetry is required for verifications of complex dose distributions in
modern radiotherapy. Two 3D polymer gel dosimeters, coupled with magnetic resonance …

On the development of a VIPARnd radiotherapy 3D polymer gel dosimeter

M Kozicki, M Jaszczak, P Maras… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This work presents an improvement of the VIPAR nd ('nd'stands for'normoxic, double', or
VIP) polymer gel dosimeter. The gel composition was altered by increasing the …